七佛八菩薩所說大陀羅尼神呪經 4.4

4.4

觀世音菩薩復欲樂說：「菩薩有四攝法。何等為四？一者菩薩修行六波羅蜜，兼以化人拯濟一切；二者生慈悲心育養群生；三者自利利人彼我兼利；四者有病苦者其心憐愍如視赤子。是為菩薩四攝法攝取眾生，是為菩薩廣利眾生攝取淨土妙善功德。」

Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva further wished to expound: "A bodhisattva has four methods of embracing. What are the four? First, the bodhisattva practices the six pāramitās while concurrently transforming people and rescuing all; second, generating a mind of love and compassion to nurture the multitude of beings; third, benefiting oneself and benefiting others, aiding both the other and oneself; fourth, toward those with illness and suffering, having a mind of pity like looking upon an infant child. Such are the four methods of embracing with which a bodhisattva embraces sentient beings, and such are the wondrous and good merits by which a bodhisattva extensively benefits sentient beings and takes in a pure land."